Locals have gotten back into poker around here, a friend had nearly 30 ppl in his house last month. Everyone is comfortable with a $20 freezeout + $5 bounty. Here is what I'm considering for an actual buy in amount of tournament chips. This would be done with my old nexgen set so there's no worry about tournament -> cash game ratholing.
I have designed this to be compatible with a) larger buyins in the future and b) an unlimited for two hour rebuy tournament. For now, I think we'll try a "saftey valve" rebuy where you can rebuy once, only if you bust.
Critique, comments, leeching welcome. I think it should end around level 16 if half the field rebuys, does that sound sane? Don't forget, most of these people aren't tournament players, they bust out on the craziest stuff. Usually one or two people have MASSIVE chipstacks near the end in this crowd.
Denoms and stack:
10 @ 0.05 red
10 @ 0.25 green
12 @ 1.00 black
1 @ 5.00 purple
0 @ 20.00 yellow
1 @ rebuy
1 @ bounty
35 chips to start (enough to be fun, not too many to inflate chipset)
Color up: 14 @ $1.00; 14 @ $5.00; 17 @ $20
1000 chips for this setup. Adding a rack of $20 chips to this will create *quite* a few rebuys.
Payouts for < 9 runners:
1st 65%
2nd 35%
Payouts for 9 - 17 runners:
1st 50%
2nd 30%
3rd 20%
Payouts for 18 - 27 runners:
1st 45% rounded up to nearest $5
2nd 30% rounded up to nearest $5
3rd 15% rounded up to nearest $5
4th approx 10%
Blinds:
Start at lvl1 for $20+5, start at lvl3 for $40+5 unless "deepstack"
This tournament is going to move from location to location so:
All chips packed in HahanStan's(sp) idea of 60 dram pillbottles. One per runner. Seat assignment inside lid.
PokerGenie to run the blinds
Three identical tables (still need to build these) for 8 people each, 9 in a pinch. (Dicks closeout would have been perfect, but no love here in denver)
A single 25x4 chip box to hold the color up/rebuy rack (still need this)
Big-ass (9 inch) trucker wallet with two bill pockets and one zippered pocket. One bill pocket is for buy-ins, the other is for bounties. The zippered pocket is for collected bounty/rebuy chips and to hold the $20 chips for the actual rebuy. This is a great way to keep a bank, I got the idea from Colorado Central Station casino in Blackhawk, CO. This thing is so massive I don't know how someone would use it for day-to-day use. His name is probably "Tiny".
Four mixed setups (one extra in case of damage) of my plastic cards. Shuffle behind method to be used. Four cut cards. Three dealer buttons.
Lots and lots of chairs
